Various Dimension Mix: The Music of Bruce Haack and Esther Nelson Eenie Meenie Records Pioneering electronic musician Bruce Haack is a hero to some, like Beck and Tipsy and the Eels. To others — like the police, parents, and neighbors — he was a presumed pedophile. Let’s take a step back. In the ’60s and […]
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Music reviews 5.18.05
Josephine Foster Hazel Eyes I Will Lead You Locust Music Hazel Eyes I Will Lead You is Foster’s first official full-length solo album, after some very limited-release bedroom recordings and various stints in groups like Born Heller, Children’s Hour, and The Supposed. It comes as a welcome revelation, a chance to finally witness Foster’s full […]
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Music reviews 5.11.05
Prefuse 73 Surrounded by Silence Warp Records Prefuse 73 is about making beats, which, in this day and age, might seem like a quaint exercise. But with mainstream hip-hop circling the drain for the past year or two, and the same old turntablists still sounding like, well, the same old turntablists, a new approach to […]
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Music review 3.30.05
Sam Prekop, Who’s Your New Professor – Paul Bley, Nothing to Declare
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Jolie Holland escondida Anti Jolie Holland sings songs that sound as if they just got off the train in the big city. Whether it’s rooted in Appalachia or somewhere in the Delta, Holland’s music moves with an unwavering confidence, wonder, and charm. Her voice is full of honeyed tones and narcotic phrasing that exude haphazard […]
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Miles Davis
Seven Steps:
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964
Columbia
Legacy
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Music review 11.5.03
Wagun Sokol / Brasby Glitch Beats Having established themselves as Rochester’s finest DJ duo with their Profiles release, DJs Wagun and Brasby (known collectively as Discolobos) have decided to split, à la Outkast, into their respective identities and release two solo albums that demand your immediate attention. But while Outkast tries to maintain a unified […]
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Music Review 6.4.03
Miles Davis In Person at the Blackhawk, San Francisco Sony Legacy In April, 1961, Miles Davis and his band took the stage for a two-night gig at the packed Blackhawk Club in San Francisco. At the time it might have seemed like a routine performance for the band, but in retrospect the seven sets recorded […]
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Territory Band
Territory Band Atlas Okka Disc Atlas marks the second incarnation of Chicago-based saxophonist Ken Vandermark’s Territory Band. Originally conceived as a group of pairs (Jeb Bishop and Axel Doerner on brass; Dave Rempis and Vandermark on reeds; Kent Kessler and Fred Lonberg-Holm on strings; Paul Lytton and Tim Mulvenna on drums) plus pianist Jim Baker, […]
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Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz Jazz Alliance When I’m on the road, I feel especially lucky if I find a radio station carrying Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz. For 25 years, McPartland has hosted one of the most engaging shows on the airwaves, interviewing and playing spontaneous duets with jazz greats. Her personality is so engaging that […]
